"Young Master, to this day, all merchants of Jiangning City, large and small, have basically joined the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce. There are also several companies that have had a rift with us in the past, have closed their doors and are selling their industries. The prices are quite attractive. I wonder if we should take the opportunity to take over?"

In the study, Zhu Yushou listened to Zhu Qingbi's report and showed a satisfied smile on his face, saying:

"There is no need to take over. In the current situation, no matter who buys these industries in Jiangning City, it is not much different from taking over by ourselves. If that's the case, why waste that money?"

"The head of the family is wise!"

Zhu Qingbi sincerely flattered her.

As a deacon in the account, Zhu Qingbi is more clear about the Zhu family’s finances than anyone else.

Since the establishment of the Jiangning Chamber of Commerce, the Zhu family’s income has not only increased several times compared to the past.

Moreover, with the power of the Chamber of Commerce, the Zhu family's accountants have completely grasped the economic lifeline of Jiangning City.

Nowadays, not to mention valuable items such as elixirs and weapons, gold, silver and jewelry, and even the necessities of people's lives, such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, are secretly controlled by the Zhu family's account.

As the son of the former accountant elder of the Zhu family, Zhu Qingbi, who had been dealing with gold, silver and wealth all his life, naturally understood that this seemingly inconspicuous ability actually symbolizes such a huge power.

From then on, no matter who comes to Jiangning City as the city lord, as long as he still wants to manage Jiangning City, he must act according to the look of the Zhu family.

Otherwise, let alone any political achievements, I am afraid that even the most basic economy and people's livelihood will not be able to maintain.

When Zhu Qingbi was feeling a lot, Chen Qun smiled and said:

"Honor, Zhao Wende has looked for me several times on the iron-coat gate. Look, can you..."

"oh!"

Zhu Yushou raised his eyebrows and asked knowingly: "What are they looking for you?"

"hey-hey!"

Chen Qun smiled and said, "Since the city lord's death, they have been in panic all day long, for fear that you, the head of the family, will destroy them in anger.

Besides, without the support of the City Lord's Mansion, they are almost going to have a problem with eating now.

Zhao Wende said that he was willing to disband the Iron-Yimen Gate and present the winery to the Zhu family for free, just to ask that we adults not remember the villain’s past and let him live a life.”

Zhu Yushou pondered for a moment and said, "You go and tell Zhao Wende that you can let him go, but there is a condition."

Chen Qun said curiously: "What are the conditions?"

Zhu Yushou expressed his conditions: "Tell Zhao Wende that if the veterans can stay in the winery and serve our Zhu family after the Iron-Free Gate is disbanded, I will let him go."

The reason why the winery incident was delayed for so long was that in addition to the forced intervention of the City Lord's Mansion, these veterans played an immeasurable role in it.

This group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who are almost incompetent in combat have to retreat even martial arts families like the Zhu family.

Compared with the court that attaches more importance to folk reputation in the martial arts family, it is even more jealous.

If these veterans can be used by the Zhu family and used to deal with the next city lord, they will definitely be a trump card.

After reporting on the recent development of the Zhu family, Chen Qun and Zhu Qingbi stood up and said goodbye.

At this time, Long'er, who had been waiting for a long time, walked in and said:

"The head of the family, Cao Zhengchun, asked for a meeting and said that you asked him to investigate, and he had already made some mistakes."

"Oh!" Zhu Yushou's eyes lit up and he said, "Let him in."

"yes!"

Long'er nodded, walked out of the room, and soon took Cao Zhengchun into the study.

"I've seen my master."

When Cao Zhengchun saw Zhu Yushou, he leaned over and wanted to kneel down.

Zhu Yushou waved his hand quickly and said, "I'll save the red tape, just talk about the matter."

"yes!"

Cao Zhengchun then stood up, took out a file from his arms, presented it with both hands, and said:

"This is what I found during this period. Please check all the information of the poison master."

Zhu Yushou took the thick file, then slowly unfolded it and read it carefully.

The expression on his face gradually became interesting.

According to the file, the poison master who ruined Zhu Yushou's good deeds twice was named Li Nan. His parents died since childhood and was raised by his uncle and Li Qian, a team leader of the patrol battalion.

Li was very stingy and arrogant. He not only provided him with food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also taught him martial arts himself and brought him into the patrol camp.

Half a year ago, Zhu Yuxian, a newly emerging martial arts genius of the Zhu family, was inexplicably killed in Jiangning City.

At that time, Li Qian, a team leader of the patrol battalion, had already discovered it, but he was afraid and did not help him in time, resulting in Zhu Yutian's death.

The patrol camp lieutenant who arrived later opened the patrol camp for his crime of dereliction of duty.

Li Qian, who was idle in Jiangning City, took his family back to the countryside to live.

Originally, this was not a big deal, but soon after, Li Qian's family was killed in the whole family.

The government investigated many times but had no results, and eventually became a unsolved case and left unresolved.

But three months after the incident, the entire family of the captain Li Qiankaige was poisoned and died, and the death was terrible.

The other team members who were patrolling with Li Qian at the same time and did not go to support him, but were not questioned, died inexplicably.

The patrol battalion also attracted great attention at that time and took a lot of effort to investigate.

But then the Zhu family was in turmoil. Zhu Yushou rose strongly, and the patrol battalion was busy dealing with Zhu Yushou, so the matter was left to nothing.

After reading the file, Zhu Yushou smiled bitterly:

"I didn't expect that in order to deal with a little Zhu Yuzhai, he would have inexplicably gotten into such a mad dog."

Indeed, Li Nan was deeply favored by Li Qian. After Li Qian died, he was determined to take revenge, but he could not find the real murderer.

I felt resentful, but I didn't know who to vent my vent.

Now I am afraid that my mind is already distorted. Anyone who is slightly related to Li Qian's death has become the target of his crazy anger.

After killing all his colleagues in the school captain and Li Qian, they still failed to calm the fire of revenge, so they came to the Zhu family.

Zhu Yushou looked at Cao Zhengchun and said in a deep voice:

"At the west manor in Chengxi, does the identity of the woman next to Li Nan have any flaws?"

According to the file, Li Nian was originally just a recruit in the patrol battalion, but in just half a year, he became a powerful man in the Gangqi realm.

Among them, the woman obviously played an immeasurable role.

Cao Zhengchun shook his head and said, "Slaves are incompetent. That woman should be a powerful outsider. Jiangning City has never heard of such a person in the past."

Zhu Yushou nodded. The woman's appearance was extremely terrifying. Walking on the street, she could scare the cowardly out of illness.

If such a character had appeared in Jiangning City, he would not have been able to find any clues at all.

Unfortunately, the Yebu Intelligence Network has just been established, and even the surrounding area of ​​Jiangning City cannot be fully covered. News from Jiangning City and even outside Danling County is even more powerless to investigate.

"but……"

Cao Zhengchun glanced at Zhu Yushou and said:

"According to the original description of the master, the slaves fought along the Chengxi Manor. They searched carefully in the direction of the escape. After that, a woman's mummy was found more than a hundred miles west of the Chengxi Manor."

"Murder?"

Zhu Yushou frowned slightly, waiting for Cao Zhengchun to come to the next article.

Cao Zhengchun nodded and then said, "The mummy body was sucked out of blood and flesh, leaving only a human skin wrapped around the bones, and it was impossible to recognize its original appearance.

However, there are still violent toxins left all over its body, and no snakes, insects, rats and ants dare to approach it, and there is no decay.

My subordinates suspected that Li Nan's cultivation has made rapid progress and has nothing to do with this mummy."

Zhu Yushou said with a serious expression: "Are you suspicious that Li Nan sucked the woman's essence, blood and even true qi so that she could break through to the Gangqi realm in such a short time?"

"I had fought with Li Nan and saw him pull out the essence and blood of more than a thousand poisonous birds and beasts and condense them into weapons. I thought that Li Nan was practicing poison skills as well as that woman. If Li Nan took advantage of the woman's serious injury and forced her essence to swallow her essence and blood, and thus greatly increase her skills, it might not be impossible."

"What a weird way."

Zhu Yushou was secretly frightened and said with a serious expression:

"Zhengchun, this person is too dangerous and weird. You must find him as quickly as possible, and eliminate the roots to prevent future troubles."

"Yes, the slave obeys the order."

Cao Zhengchun bowed and accepted the order.

Seeing that he had not left, Zhu Yushou asked, "Is there anything else?"

Cao Zhengchun said: "Justice just got the news that the county marquis has confirmed the candidate for the new city lord of Jiangning City, and he should take office after the New Year."

Zhu Yushou was not surprised and said with a smile:

"This is expected. After all, Jiangning City is one of the seven most prosperous cities in Danling County. How could the county marquis keep it in a state of chaos for a long time?

I just don’t know what the new city lord is doing, what kind of person he is, and whether it is easy to get along with?"

Cao Zhengchun smiled and said:

"The new city lord is named Huo Chi, who is the younger brother of the wife of the county marquis. It is said that he is quite cunning and has just broken through the Gangqi realm with his cultivation."

"The brother-in-law of the county marquis."

Zhu Yushou stroked his chin and said, "At this time, the county marquis sent such a confidant to Jiangning City, and the intention seemed to be not simple."

However, Cao Zhengchun rarely put forward different opinions and said:

"In my humble opinion, you don't need to worry too much about this new city lord."

"oh?"

Zhu Yushou looked at him with some confusion.

Cao Zhengchun smiled and analyzed: "I think that the county marquis would send his brother-in-law to Jiangning City at this time, but there are only two purposes.

First, use Huo Chi's special identity to quickly stabilize the situation in Jiangning City. After all, with the identity of the brother-in-law of the county marquis, anyone has to give him three points of shame and dare not do too much.

Secondly, let Huo Chi come over to receive this credit and earn some political achievements, so as to make a good foundation for his future promotion. The county marquis was cultivating his confidants and followers for himself.

So I thought that after Huo Chi came to Jiangning City, he would definitely focus on Huairou and strive to stabilize the situation. He would never have any conflicts with you, the master."

Zhu Yushou thought to himself: "Is he a relative who is here to gilt?"

However, he was very confident about Cao Zhengchun's political vision.
Chapter completed!